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Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs)
RFC 9562

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2024-05-10
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Verified Errata tag)
2024-05-09
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Errata tag)
2024-05-09
(System) IANA registries were updated to include RFC9562
2024-05-07
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9562, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-uuidrev-rfc4122bis and RFC 9562, set title to 'Universally …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9562, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-uuidrev-rfc4122bis and RFC 9562, set title to 'Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs)', set abstract to 'This specification defines UUIDs (Universally Unique IDentifiers) --
also known as GUIDs (Globally Unique IDentifiers) -- and a Uniform
Resource Name namespace for UUIDs. A UUID is 128 bits long and is
intended to guarantee uniqueness across space and time. UUIDs were
originally used in the Apollo Network Computing System (NCS), later
in the Open Software Foundation's (OSF's) Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE), and then in Microsoft Windows platforms.

This specification is derived from the OSF DCE specification with the
kind permission of the OSF (now known as "The Open Group"). Information from earlier versions of the OSF DCE specification have
been incorporated into this document. This document obsoletes RFC
4122
.', set pages to 46, set standardization level to Proposed Standard, added RFC published event at 2024-05-07, created obsoletes relation between RFC 9562 and RFC 4122)
2024-05-07
(System) RFC published